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QuickStats About Southland District



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 28,440 people usually live in Southland District. This is a decrease of 273 people, or 1.0 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 40th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Southland District has 0.7 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Southland District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  14,883  1,965,621
Female
  13,554  2,062,326
Total  28,437  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 2,616 Māori usually live in Southland District, an increase of 195 people, or 8.1 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 54th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.5 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Southland District. 

Māori Population of Southland District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  1,356  274,860
Female
  1,260  290,469
Total  2,616  565,326

Note: The Māori ethnic population is the count for people of the Māori ethnic group. It includes those people who stated Māori as being either their sole ethnic group or one of several ethnic groups.

Number of dwellings counted

  • There are 11,091 occupied dwellings and 2,547 unoccupied dwellings in Southland District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 99 dwellings under construction in Southland District, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Southland District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  10,911  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  180  6,963
     Total  11,091  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  2,547  159,276
Under construction
  99  13,560
Total  13,740  1,651,542

Note: This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different text, tables and graphs.